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U.K. foreign secretary condemns Berezovsky's statements on coup

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The British foreign secretary condemned Saturday Russian fugitive oligarch Boris Berezovsky's statements in a major British newspaper on a coup attempt in Russia.
LONDON, April 14 (RIA Novosti) - The British foreign secretary condemned Saturday Russian fugitive oligarch Boris Berezovsky's statements in a major British newspaper on a coup attempt in Russia.

U.K. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Margaret Beckett said Britain expects everyone who resides, works or is on a visit to the U.K. to observe the country's laws.

London police began studying Friday Berezovsky's statement to The Guardian that he was plotting a coup in Russia to see if any laws have been violated.

Berezovsky, who was granted political asylum in the U.K. in 2003 after fleeing prosecution in his home country on fraud and money laundering charges, told the newspaper Friday that he has bankrolled Kremlin insiders conspiring to overthrow President Vladimir Putin.

On Friday, Russian prosecutors said they would take legal action against Berezovsky and renewed their calls for his extradition.

Berezovsky himself said that he never violated the law and he is not concerned by Russia's intentions to press new charges against him.

Berezovsky is already facing sedition charges, brought against him in February 2006 after he made similar comments.

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